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Editor Labouchere ON woman's Dress.

London World.
That distinguished Parsienne. Nine VAL
sayer, has been petitioning the French legisla-
ture in favor of emancipation of woman from
petticoats. Her case is that petticoats are very
dangerous. leading to innumerable fatal acct
dents, and that trousers are just as decent more
healthy ana far less expensive All this is very
true, though l do not suppose that if tho
Frenchwomen were as free as our own country
women are to dress they like they would
make much use of their liberty. The point
which Mime. De Vaisayer overiooks is that trous-
ers do not afford the same scope for decoration
as pett1coats. They cannot be trimmed any
considerable extent and the effect of an i'm
proven or hustle worn under them would be abb
surd. / have always wondered, however. that
serious ladies in this country do not sc more
store by this branch of progress. IL l a
woman I would much rather have 8 pair of
trousers than vote, even a university de-
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TWO COMMUNITIES.
Brief History OF Some Sociaiistic Expert
ments In Iowa.

Sioux City Journal.
The Icarian community near Corning, Iowa,
has practically dissolved. The trouble was that
the younger members would not brook the
restraints imposed by the laws and rules of the
society. The old men were sticklers, and too
rigid in their interpretation of the constitution
and the young men rebelled. the society had
it's origin in France and settled In a body at
Nauvoo. ILL.,, but moved to the present location
in 1854, before the organization of this section
into counties. The founder was Etenne CADET.
The society, unlike most other communistic
bodies, has religious forms, believing that the
of religion exists rather in practice than
in creed, the members regarding Sunday as
day of amusement Although atheists, the
principal feature of the Icarian scheme is the
text of the NewTestament. which underlies
all communistic experience. to be found in Acts
il. a. As: "Aud ali that believed were together,
and had all things in common; and sold their
possessions and goods and parted them to all
men, as every man had need" ?
For nearly generation as time is measured
in the life of man the Icarans dwelt happily
and contented. Their property. q farm of three
thousand acres was owned in common. A coun-
ell of the oldest men controlled affairs and des-
ignated the work each person perform.
There little ASSOCIATION for many years
with the outside world The language spoken
was French, and the old men were slow in get
ting knowledge of English. AS already init
mated the young people who have grown up
since coming here were anxious for more pro-
pressiye methods and ideas OF course the elders
opposed ary innovation changes in plans
or policy, and the differences of opinion cul-
minated several years ago IN DIVISION OF
property the old members leaving the home
stead to the children. while the elders betook
themselves to a new location half mile dis
tant from the original nest The young people
in the old home kept the old name, THE
Icariau Community" and the old people called
their split off THE New Icarians." The latter
in their new location built after the old plan of
grouping their cottages around square, in the
center of which was a large building used TOT
lectures, amusement, dining and cooking pur-
poses. They believe in the sacredness of the
re
home, bat all eat together in the central DINING
room. TIE elders took with them to their new
home large library and fine collection of
instruments for sciet6c experiments. Among
the older mem bers were men of profound learn
ing. and in the earlier days of their life here the
lecture hall was the scene of many fine exposi-
ton of scientific subjects. Many of them. too,
possessed histrionic talent, and Sunday evening
was usually given up to the performance of
some theatrical play.
For several years they printed little weekly
paper upon type brought from France Icaria
stands upon a pretty eminence three miles east
of this place, south Of the railroad track, and in
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TOO HOT FOR FLOWERS.
TheWeather Proves Severe on BloomingPlants
New FavOrites Among Flower Lovers.

Florists say this summer is a very dull
In their business. though the spring trade IN
cut-howers and plants exceedingly good.
The dry. hot weather has affected the business.
Even where persons are we'll provided with
facilities to water flowers by means of the
supply afforded by the Indianapolis Water Com
pany; plants moistened do not thrive under
gentle rains. Still there is some demand for
flowers The popular ones now are China asters
gladiolus, sweet peas and roses. Roses
always in fashion. Yellow first favortes,
then come pink, and then white. The Marechal
Mel rose is not to be had now The favorites
Pearle des Jardin, Catherine Mermes and
Niphetos-all white roses. mostly in demand for
weddings. The Bride is white rose, and as
it name indicates in great request on nuptial
occasions.
Fern leaves are now used as trimming in place
of smilax, which is very scarce. Many flowers.
matter of fact. are scarcer then even in
the winter Tuberoses. on account of
dry weather, are opening very slowly.
In funeral designs, as contrived by florists,
there is an innovation, light shades of blue and
pink being used in contrast with the white
flowers. In the East scarlet flowers now be-
ing used in funeral designs. In England, Ger
many and other European countries, it is quite
the fashion TO use various colored flowers in
funereal floral designs.
The Puritan, a and beautiful white rose.
is the latest favorite, and though none here
now. florists are beginning to inquire about it.
The Logan Andrews wedding, at Youngstown,
o., had a novel and beautiful emblem. In which
Pittsburg florist placed two thou
sand Puritan This blem, Autographed
and sent all over the country, has given the new
wide popularity and florists want it.
In the East orchids lair plants) in high
favor. but they very expensive and none
have ever been sold here
The Indianapolis florists now cultivating
great many chyrysanthemums from which speci-
mems will be selected for the annual exhibit of
the society of Indiana florists to take place at
Tomlinson Hall Nov. z. s. 9 and 10. The
exhibitIonwill consist of achrysanthemum show,
and a general display of specimen plants, cut
flowers designs and florists supplies. The
Indianapolis exhibitors will place one thousand
chrysanthemums in the display, and many more
will come from other towns and cities in the
State.
The annual national convention of American
florists will be held in Chicago beginning on
Aug. 16. 1t will be notable gathering,
fewer than l. 200 fower-culturists will be in
tendance Nearly all the local florists of this city
will attend. among whom are Jansen Larsen,
VIM. Berterman, Antony Wiegand, Henry
Hilker, John Berterman. Edward Cornell,
Charles Rieman, George Reeves and others who
will leave here on Monday the noon train.
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The Baby's Dilemma.

My fouryear.old baby sat my lap,
In the dusk of the fading day
So helpless he seemed as he nestled there,
So dependent mother and mothercare,
That asked. as kissed the golden head
What would you do, dear, if mamma were dead!"
The eyes met mine with a steadfast look
That showed neither sadness fear;
The lips still smiled in careless way.
AS though my death new-found play
Not tear in eye voice as he said:
II would live wiv grandma if you was dead"
'But grandma is old and feeble, you know,
And not able to care for you;
You couldn't stay there" The face grew grave.
One quick. scared look at my face he gave,
Then, still half defiant he slowly said:
II tould live wiz aunty if you was dead"
"But auntie has boys of her own, you know.
And she wouldn't want any
No. you couldn't live there" The brown eyes fill.
Life looks pretty gloomy just But still,
With CULVER of lip and chin. he said
"Touldn t live wiz Uncle Tom If you dead7"
"Uncle Tom has no wife or home. you know,
And man couldn't for you
The little breast heaved with its weight of woe
Was there nowhere then, for a boy to goa
And he sobbed, as his around my neck he
threw
II would want to die and go with you
Mary Rebecca Hart. in Good Housekeeping.
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A TERRIBLE CHAMBER.
The Torture Room of the Paris Conciercerie
"A Horrible Place.

The Torture. Room of the Paris Conciercerie
"A Horrible Place.
Victor Hugo's Memoirs.
The chamber occupies the ground floor of the
crenelated tower, the smallest of the three
round towers on the quay. In the center was
ominous and singular-looking object. It was
sort of long and narrow table Of 1as-stone,
joined with molten lead poured into the crevices,
was heavy and supported three stone legs.
This table about % feet high. feet long.
and 20 inches wide On looking up saw a great
rusty iron hook fastened III the round
stone which forms the keystone of the arch
This object is the rack. A leather covering
used to be put over it. upon which the victim
weeks upon this table, with his feet and hands
tied bound at the waist by strap attached to a
long chain hanging from the ceiling. The last
ring of this chain slipped onto the hook
which I still saw fixed above my head. Six
gentlemen guards and six guards of the provost
department watched MIN night and day. Da-
mlens was guarded like Ravalilac in his cham
Der, and tied down upon this table during the
whole time occupied by the inquiry and the
trial of his case. Desrues and Cartouche
tortured upon it. The Marchioness de Brnvil-
Tiers WAS stretched upon it stark naked. fastened
down. and, SO to speak, Quartered by four chains
attached TO the four limbs. and there suffered
the frightful extraordinary torture by water"
which caused her to ask: How are You going
to continue to put that great barrel of water in
this little body"
SO to speak. drop by drop into the pores of these
stones these walls. this vault, this bench, this
table. this pavement. this door. There it all is;
it has never Quilted the place. 1t has been shut
mp there, it has been bolted up. Nothing has
escaped from it, nothing has evaporated; no one
has ever spoken, related. betrayed, revealed
anything of 1t. This crypt which is like the
mouth of funnel turned upside down. this case
made by the hands of men. this stone box. has
kept the secret of all the blood it has drunk, of
all the shrieks it has stifed. The frightful
occurrences which have taken place in this
judges den still palpitate and live. and ex-
hale all sorts of horrible miasms. What a
strange abomination is this chamber, what a
strange abomination Is this tower placed in the
very middle of the quay. without any mote or
wall to separate it from the passer-by. Inside
the saws, the boot, the wooden horses. the
wheels the pincers, the hammers which knock
in the wedges. the kissing of flesh touched with
red hot iron. the sputtering of blood upon tie
live EN- bers the cold interrogatores of the magis.
tratss. the desparing shrieks of the tortured
man; outside, within four PAGES, citizens coming
and going, women chattering, children playing
tradespeople selling their wares, vehicles rolling
along. boats upon the river, she roar of the city,
air, sky, sun. liberty.
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oUIDA,s LOVE STORY.

A Bad italian Nobieman Who Played with
Her Affections and Deceived Her.
Florence Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
you say she is not married" / said. IT
have heard that she married the Marquis de la
Rame. Is that not truel'
: Not bit of It. The nearest that Ouida
came to getting married was right here IN
Florence several years ago. l was living here
at the time and remember the sensation created
as If it were yesterday. There was an Italian
nobleman who had been paying her some atten-
'tions which she took be- serious. Ouida may
have talent, but she certainly has no beauty
She is painfully homely. and moreover, even at
the time of which ! am now speaking, she was
long past the meridian of life. The Marquis
aware Of these things, and he made the
mistake of imagining Ouida was aware of them
also. He thought this and did not believe that
Ouida would take his word seriously. She did
take his words seriously, however, and made
every preparation for marrying, having the
trousseau prepared and the other necessary ar
rangements made. Then came the catastrophe.
a scene that would form admirable chapter
in one of her dramatic novels. Did you think
1 in earnestF asked the Marquis wnen
WAS not that rather brutal way of putting
itF" Interrupted.
what else could he do7 He had not dreamed
that she took the matter seriously; her actions
now showed him his mistake, and he was COM
PEELED to confess he had been trifing' with her
affections. After the first explosion. Ouida set
about devising way to be revenged She
bought villa adjoining that of the Marquis,
and providing pistol kept it on her hall table,
l5 is said, with the Intention or shooting her
delinquent lover the first time he passed.
Whether when the decisive moment came she
relented. whether decisive moment came,
the Marquis prudently remaining away. can
not say, but AZ all events there was no shooting
and no more sensation that year Florence.
however, had not heard the last of it. for the
the next year her novel. "A Winter City, was
published and every bedy knew that was
the manner in which she meant to revenge her
self on the way Florence, or at least ono OF the
Florentiues, had treated her. The characters
in n a
easily recognized. and I need scarcely add, not
very f1atterng or pleasing to the originals"
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KILLED BY A SHELL.
A Bit of Vivid Word-Painting by the Russian
Novelist.

A Bit of Vivid Word-P ainting by the Russian
Novelist.
From.Sabastopol by Count Leo Tolstoi.
We left Praskouklne coming back with Mix
hailoff. He reached less exposed place and be-
gan to breathe again. when he perceived, OIL
turning around, the sudden light of a fash
The sentinel shouted, '.Mor-tar" And one of
the soldiers VINO followed added. ''It IS coming
Straight into the bastion!' Mikhailoff looked.
The luminous point of the bomb-shell
seemed to stop directly over his head, exactly
the moccent when it was impossible to tell what
direction it was going to take. That for
the space of second. Suddenly. redoubling
it's speed. the projectlc came nearer and nearer.
The sparks of the fuse could be flying out.
the dismal Kissing plainly audible. It was
going to drop right in the midst of the battalion.
ITO earth!' shouted voice. Mikhailoff and
Praskoukine obeyed. The latter, with shut eyes,
heard the shell fall somewhere on the hard earth
very MIN. A second. which appeared to
him hour. passed, and the shell did burst.
Praskoukine frightened; then he asked
himself what cause he had for fear Perhaps it
had fallen further away, and he wrongly i'm
agined that the he heard the fuse Kissing near
him. Opening his eyes, he was satisfied to
Mikhailoff stretched moiionless at his feet; but
at the same time he perceived, yard off. the
lighted fuse of the shell spinning around like
top. A glacial terror. which stiied every
thought every sentiment. took possession of his
soul. He hid his face in his hands. Another
second passed, during which whole world of
thoughts, of hopes, Of sensations, ana of souve-
Mrs passed through his mind. ''Whom will it
klllY Me or Mikhailof, or indeed both Of
If in the head, it viii be all over;
if the foot, they will cut it
of; then shall insist that they give me chloro
form, and may get we'll Perhaps Mikhailof
alone will be killed. and later will tell how
were close together, and how covered with
his blood. No. mol it is nearer melt will be II"
Then he remem bered the twelve rubles . owed
Mikhailoff. ard another debt left at Peters
burg. which ought TIC have been paid long ago.
Bohemian air that he sang the evening before
to his mind He also in his imagina-
ton the lady he in love with in her lilac
trimmed bonnet; the man who had insulted him
five years before, and whom he had never taken
vengeance on. But in the midst of these and
many other souvenirs tho present feeling
the expectation of death-did not leave him
Perhaps 1t isn't going to explode he thought
and was on the point of opening his eyes with
desperate holiness But at this instant red
fire struck his eyeballs through the closed lids,
something hit him IN the middle of rhe chest
with a terrible crash. He forward at
random. entangled his feet in his sword
stumbled, and fell his side. ..God be
praised. l am only bruised This
his first thought, and he wanted
to feel of his breast but his hands
seemed as if they were tied. A wise gripped his
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Where Good Germans Go.

ST James GA1ette
In view of the German batting Of which we
have heard so much of late it il interesting to
ciled in France. How many there may be in
the United Kingdom is question which has
been much disputed; aud the number has been
variously estimated at from 10000 to loo. 000-
Russia contains more emigrants from the
fatheriand than any country in the world with
the exception OF the United States, the number
being 1874, 900 in tine case, and /. 900. 900 in
the other. Holland and Belgium have between
them the relatively high proportion of 10000
German inhabitants In Canada there are al
ready more than 100000 Teutons and the num-
Der 10 rapidly increasing.
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A Wreath of Gold.

A Wreath of Gold.
A wreath of gold above the green,
Blown roses glowing in between;
And sweetened vapors slowly rolled
Ger yellow acres, fold on fold:
While dreamily. with languid mien,
Breathing warm breath Ger those who CLEAN;
With amorous breath and eyes serene
The royal maid of summers old
Lifts bigh-all Nature may behold
A wreath of gold.
A wreath of gold to crown her queen,
Whose brow, the winter none hath seen;
Whose smile hath magic power to mold
Midsummer sweets in seasons cold:
Ger her brown hair may angels lean
a wreath of gold.
Bergen Weeks APPLICABLE
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weather Proverbs for August.

When the dew is heavy in August the weather
generally remains fair.
When in the beginning of August thunder
storms are passing they will generally last to
the end of the month
When In August the shines and
moon and stars bright it is good for grapes be-
cause they then ripen we'll.
Dry August arid warm,
Doth harvest nc harm.
When it rains in August it rains honey and
wine.
If the frst week in August is unusually warm
the winter will be white and long.
When the months OF July. August and Sep
tember are unusually hot. January will be the
coolest month.
AS August so the next February
As Bartholomew LAY (24l, SO the whole au-
tumn.
lie the Oath of August be fair and clear
Then hope for prosperous autumn that year.
Thunder storms after Bartholomew Day are
mostly violent.
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The ROhber.

Do you know why Time flies by so slow
When we're sad and old?
Why he turns and waits, as if 10th to go
On his journey cold?
Because, from Golfers of hope and youth
Where we kept life's gold
He has stolen our treasures all, in sooth,
From their sacred hold.
He who came with gift in hand,
Was robber bold.
He whose greeting was smooth and bland
Was wolf in the fold
And this is the reason that he goes by,
When we're worn and old,
So slowly. because he can scarcely fly,
With his weight of gold.
Albion Mary Fellows.
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The Sensational Preacher.

From the ancient. quaint phrase of the Bible
He carelessly chooses q text.
And then drifts away in a lecture
That leaves the true question unvexed;
But he catches the of his hearers,
Which often is longer than fine,
With brio "a brac sermon layman
Might preach s'o'er the walnuts and wine"
To-day he sings mud at officials,
To morrow he II handle the press
In the hope of free advertisement,
Be it either kick caress;
And he mixes the slang of elections
With patter of tea-table talk,
And instead of the milk of the Scriptures
Is profuse with his water and chalk.
New York Mercury,
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i.
When Old Jack died. we staid from school tthey said
At home, needn't go that day., and mono
Of us ate any breakfast-only one,
And that was papa-and his eyes red
When lie round where were. by the shed
Where Jack was lying. half way in the
And half way in the shade. When begun
To cry out loud, pa turned and dropped his head
And went away; and mamma she went back
Into the kitchen. Then. for long WHILE
All to ourselves. like we stood there and cried
We thought so many good things of Old Jack,
And funny things-although didn't smile
We couldn't only cry when Old Jack died.
IL.
When Old Jack died. it seemed human friend
Had suddenly gone from u.s. that face
That we had loved to fondle and embrace.
From banyhood would condescend
To smile forever We might bend
With fearful eyes above him, interlace
Our chubby fingers DER him. romp and race,
Plead with him, call and coax-aye, might send
The old halloo up for him. whistle hist.
Eli sobs had let us or wildly vain,
Snapped thumbs, called speak" and he had
not replied;
We might have gone down our knees and kissed
The tousled and yet they must remain
Deaf motionless knew-when Old Jack
When Old Jack died. it seemed to u.s. way.
That all the other dogs in town PANIED
With our bereavement, and some that chained,
Even. unspped their collars that day
To visit Jack in state. though to pay
A last, sad tribute there, while neighbors craned
Their heads above the high board fence and deigned
To sigh Poor dog!" remembering how they
Had cuffed him, when alive. perchance. because.
For love of them he leaped to lick their hands
Now, that he could not, were they satisfied?
We children thought that, crossed his paws,
And Ger his grave way down the bottom lands,
Wrote Our First Love Lies Here" when Old
Jack died.
james Whitcomb Riley.
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Yesterday.

Yesterdays tears and hopes are ended,
Yesterdays SORROWS are done,
Yesterday roses have faded away
With the light of yesterdays sun.
A part of forever-this yesterday, now
With the years is folded at last;
For yesterdays sorrows are Ger and done,
And yesterdays life is past.
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standing by, I'm thinking OF doing a new
act myself"
What is it9- said the clog dancer.
Preaching! / that the Rev. DIR. John
Hall makes about $780, 900 year. The hairy
boy business is disgustingly common"
FOSTER COATES.